(Reuters) - Palestinian protesters fought with Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank on Friday, the latest clashes in a fortnight of violence over access to Jerusalem's holiest site. At the Qalandia checkpoint separating Ramallah from Jerusalem,...

(Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council imposed targeted sanctions on Friday on Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh and two senior Houthi rebel leaders for threatening the peace and stability of the country and obstructing the political process. Lithuanian U.N....

By Zaman Staff; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Killing, abduction, robbery, violations, sexual harassments or exploitations committed by members of the National Defence Forces (NDF), the official name for “Shabiha”, did not target...

(Reuters) - Islamic State has shut all schools in areas it controls in eastern Syria pending a religious revision of the curriculum, residents and a monitoring group said on Friday. Islamic State is tightening its rules on civilian life in Deir al-Zor province, which fell under...